The accomplishment of the colonoscopy can cause decurrent complications of the preparation, sedation and of the disgnostic and/or therapeutical procedures. These events, relatively common, around possess tax of morbidity of 1% e, in general, transitory and are subnotificados. Objective: To evaluate the incidence of complications of the sedation and accomplishment of the colonoscopy, during and immediately after the same one; to relate them it the 0 variable: sort, age, comorbid, amount of the drugs for sedation/analgesic, hypertension, hypotension, hypoxia, tachycardia, bradycardia. Method: Observational, prospective and descriptive study, being accompanied by it colonoscopy of 90 patients in private clinic. One used midazolan and meperidina for the sedation. It was surveyed arterial pressure, saturation of oxygen and cardiac frequency during and immediately before and after the examination. Results: Of the examined patients, 53.3% (n=48) were men. The age average was 48,4 years. For sedation they had on average used 2,95mg of midazolan and 29,5mg of meperidina. Of the initially hypertensive ones, 11 (40.7%) had remained hypertensive to the end of the examination. Saturation of lesser oxygen was observed that 90% in 16 (17.8%) patient ones; bradycardia in 19 (21.1%) and tachycardia in 13 (14.4%). Nauseas, vomits and abdominal pain had been alterations gifts in 11 (12.2%) patient ones and had had to the preparation of the large bowel for the colonoscopy. No important complication was verified.
Colonoscopy; complications; sedation; accomplishment; preparation
